70% Timmy, 30% Spike


I started out back in Revised, playing mostly Gruul (way before Gruul was even a thing). I still have my favorite deck from then, with a bunch of well-played cards like Lightning Bolt, Kird Ape, Orcish Lumberjack, and Craw Wurm ... plus a Taiga I really wish I'd had the sense to sleeve.

I was away from Magic for a loooooooong time though, until michael921 convinced me to attend a Two-Headed Giant match at the Dragons of Tarkir prerelease. I selected a Kolaghan pack, cracked a surprisingly solid deck, and had an absolute blast! Since then, I've played a fair amount of Commander, Limited (especially Sealed and Cube), Standard, and Modern. Recently, I circled back to Commander as my favorite format ... at least for the moment! :-)

My personality is very Simic, but I enjoy just about any deck that's got Red ... Gruul, Izzet, and Naya are probably my favorite color combos so far.


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Said on Sephiroth...

#1

Great deck! You earned my +1 a while back ... playtesting this was honestly a big part of me deciding to build Sephiroth myself. So thanks!

As I tweak the deck though, I wanted to ask your thoughts on a few things:

  • How's Tergrid, God of Fright  Flip? I've never played her, so I'm a bit hesitant to use one of the Bracket 3 Game Changer slots on her (vs something like Orcish Bowmasters). Appreciate your thoughts!
  • Any general tips for playing in a Bracket 3 pod? The deck often feels right on the edge between 3 and 4 (i.e., popping off sometimes on Turn 5--or even earlier with a nut draw--but generally WAY too grindy/not consistent enough for a Bracket 4 table), so I worry a bit about bringing this to a generally mid-Bracket 3 pod. The "Bracket 4 Sideboard" seems like a great idea, but here too, I'd appreciate any other thoughts!

Thanks again, and cheers!

February 6, 2026 11:25 a.m.

Said on Get The F …...

#2

Balaam__ - I didn't know it was possible either, but was happy to have an excuse to try and figure it out :-D

legendofa - Oooh, yeah, I totally forgot about the set codes. And unfortunately I don't think Scryfall can drop single letters from a set (e.g., "-set:f" doesn't work like we'd hope, we'd have to add "(-set:fin AND -set:afr AND ...)" for every set code with an F in it. And tbh, I'm not sure if that's faster than just scanning them manually ...

Either way though: Great catch; thanks!

January 24, 2026 4:56 p.m. Edited.

Said on Get The F …...

#3

This is brilliant; huge +1 from me!

In case you don't already have it bookmarked somewhere, here's the Scryfall search you're probably looking for :-)

Cheers!

January 24, 2026 4:20 p.m.

Oh derp. Etali and Ral aren't Mono-Red (I totally ignored their flip sides). I think that's the sign it's time for me to head to bed :-D

January 23, 2026 11:20 p.m.

(Oops missed K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth as another mono-Black in mid-A)

January 23, 2026 10:52 p.m. Edited.

My hot take:

The most powerful mono-color in EDH is Red and I don't think it's even close. NOT because Red is inherently great (in fact, I 100% agree with all the points made above, showing Red generally at the bottom). But because Red has the most busted mono-color Commanders.

Do we want to build an S-tier mono-color cEDH deck? Then we're on Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh, Etali, Primal Conqueror  Flip, Magda, Brazen Outlaw, or Ral, Monsoon Mage  Flip.

Mono-White, -Blue, and -Green don't show up to the party until high-A tier (Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful, Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator, and Lumra, Bellow of the Woods), and Mono-Black finally arrives in mid-A, with Gwenom, Remorseless and Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools.

I fully acknowledge this is kind of a weird way to answer the question. But the fact remains: If we want to build the most powerful mono-color deck in Commander today, we're building in Mono-Red :-)

January 23, 2026 10:45 p.m.

Said on dr.kronski...

#11

Thank you for the upvote on my Balthier & Fran; cheers!

January 23, 2026 10:11 p.m.

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